“I am denying that’s the basis of understanding homosexuality,” Cuomo shot back on Carson’s theory of prisons. The Republican presidential hopeful asked why “any two human beings” can’t obtain the legal rights afforded to married people without obtaining the title of being married.

“That does not require changing the definition of marriage,” Carson countered.

CNN is using buzz around Carson’s segment Wednesday morning during its daytime programming: @ThisHour interviewed the National Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans, who called Carson’s statements “absolutely unbelievable.”